Secondary student Motivational speaking
Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others
Program Objectives
- Achieve attitude / behavioral change from within the students
- Discuss drug alcohol and tobacco prevention & intervention
- Increase your number of Seniors with Post-Secondary commitments
- Provide each student with tools to increase their GPA
- Decrease the number of students that get sent to alternative schools or dropout completely
- Connect students with their own unique talents / passions and discuss how they can make a career with money and passion combined
- Prove to the students how harmful it is to pre-judge situations or people, with an emphasis on people who look different through a physical abnormality
- Focus your students on exactly why they are in school with an emphasis on the choices and future obstacles we all encounter
- Identify with and address the feelings of being adopted and from a broken home and the scenarios that affect these students
- Specifically, address intervention with students who have never used drugs or Opioids and describe how drugs affect us all differently
Experience
- 66 year-old financially independent retired parent
- Cancer & Organ Transplant Survivor
- 2 years, Head Counselor / Ranch Manager Tuum Est. Inc. Long-term Drug Rehab. 1976-1977 Ceres, Venice Beach, CA.
- 3 years, California Dept. of the Youth Authority 1978-1981
- Group leader, Maximum security unit, Dewitt Nelson training center. Stockton, CA.
- Caseworker for reentry. Chico Parole, Chico, CA.
- Motivational speaker, Southern Ca. Reception center Whittier CA.
- 6 1/2 years, Universal Technical College, Phoenix Az, Houston Tx. 1981-1987
- Academic recruiter. Gave career / goal-oriented lectures to approx. 300 high schools. Was in more than 1,000 homes of high school students and their families. Trained other recruiters on the basics for student public speaking.
- Keynote speaker, (VICA) Vocational, Industrial Clubs of America. Southern, Ca. Awards Banquet. 2500 in attendance
- Keynote Speaker at High School Graduations
- Keynote Speaker at Career Days
- Keynote Speaker at Red Ribbon Weeks
- Motivational Speaker – Secondary students. Southwest, USA. 1988-1992. 1994-1995. I have performed the core of this presentation approximately 1,200 times as of this writing
- Automotive Industry 1995-2005 Southern CA. Mid-level floor manager
- Sales trainer. Studied many motivational / sales trainers
- Finance Manager
- Real Estate Finance / Rentals 1996 to present
- I am part Central American Native Indian out of Zacatecas, Mexico and traveled to there extensively. Also traveled in 20 other countries and 48 states
- B.A. Social Work 1981, CA. State, Chico. (Challenged and passed internship) (Emphasis on group work and Juveniles)
- Finance Certificate, Auto Nation 1998
- Previous proprietary licenses:
- AZ Dept. of Education
- CA. Dept. of Education
- TX. Dept. of Education
- CA. Real Estate licensing. 1990-1999.
Testimonials
“James is a dedicated and concerned man whose dealings with other people are sincere and honest”
– William Huntley, Program Administrator
“The best-run substance abuse program at Dewitt Nelson at the time. ”
– Brian D. Rivera, Substance Abuse Program Coordinator, DeWitt Nelson Training Center, Stockton, Ca.
Self Help Book Testimonial
“We get to the auditorium and the kids sort of gawk at me, but at least they aren’t swearing at me. Most of them are boys, and men, they are tough looking. But when Jamie talks, absolutely everybody listens. Then he introduces me, and they whistle, until Jamie gives them a look, and they all stop immediately.” (p. 73)
“We get to the auditorium and the kids sort of gawk at me, but at least they aren’t swearing at me. Most of them are boys, and men, they are tough looking. But when Jamie talks, absolutely everybody listens. Then he introduces me, and they whistle, until Jamie gives them a look, and they all stop immediately.” (p. 73)
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